It worked.. and a rant about my vet :o

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i tried the aloe vera on pups. tummy and in her paws, stopped her licking right away.. i think it must be working
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thank you so much for the tip! even if it stops her licking for a while its a bonus.
I am getting SO cross with the vest at the moment. they ahve not diagnosed her, apart from she has allergies- wow thanks, i can work that out myself! she also has weird paws that get gunky and if we don't wash them are at risk of joining together! Webbed footed dog
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oh no.. and i am so cross. she is in pain, and they are not doing anything about it. we have taken her to the vets numerous times and all they say is give her piriton.. its NOT working!
i think i might go in there and get cross!
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i am really fed up of her being in pain, yes shes a normal dog most of the time, but i can see it hurts her, it looks so red and raw
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stupid vets!
rant over!
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I know what you mean, unless you have the full blood work-up and skin tests, which are quite dear, the vets can't really tell you much, unfortunately.
It could be anything, food, tree or grass pollen, carpet, a household product or chemical, you name it!

I changed vets (40 miles away x3 the price) because I was unhappy with B's initial treatment but they were able to give a pretty accurate diagnosis right away and did exploratory surgery for his other issue, rather than just giving us a prescription - going to the heart of the matter and trying to solve it rather than medicating to stop symptoms temporarily.
I also received a lot of good advice on here which prompted me to make that decision.

I think 'stupid' is a tad unfair, my local vets I know now are good for small things (they are a rural practise specialising in large animals) and if I have a bigger problem I will head to Belfast, and I can't thank them enough for what they have done.

Incidentally I have just spent a bit of my Christmas money on a DOG JUMPER to see if it helps protect his skin any better - I am NOT going to be popular....
Glad the aloe vera is helping
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I understand that you might feel frustrated, your dog is ill and you want them to fix her, it is after all their work to try and fix our animals. But the keyword is try and as you probably know, vet's (just like the rest of us) doesn't magically know everything and maybe they simply don't know anything more to do for your dog. You can only try and take her to another vet/vet clinic/vet hospital, though there is no guarantee that they'll know any better, you simply have to buy the unseen pig in the sack and take your chances.

As CaveCanem's example/experience shows, it can pay off.


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Skin disorders are a nightmare to diagnose and treat. It's almost certainly not anything your vets are or arn't doing right. I would get a referral to a skin specialist, are you insured??
 
its just annoying, we asked for a referal when we first realised she had a problem (shes now 2 and a bit) and we found out when she was about 6 months... still nothing... it has been nearly 2 years this has been happening...
we tried to claim insurance on the countless vets bills etc. but apparently because we didn't go to them before our first appoitment, we cannot claim... great!
so no referal, still... no diagnosis..2 years later, and other than piriton we have been told nothing that will help her...
CC, we are considering boots for her
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to stop her nibbling her paws! she did have socks on at one point, i had great fun deciding what combination of socks to put on her LOL.
SU- shes fed on a speacial food for skin allergies, we think it does help as we took her off it for a while to see if it was worth spending the money, and she got much worse so she is back on it.. its just dry dog biscuits!
 
Glad something is finally working for her.

My little poodle was like this. He got very sore between his pads and on his stomach when the grass was long enough to reach - yep he was allergic to grass, cats (!?!), the trees outside the house, amongst other things. We were very lucky at our vets to have a very good dermatologist (sp) and like humans, he had to have a skin allergy test to find out the severiety of his condition.

We managed this by monthly de-sensitising injections (age 2 to when he was PTS last yr at 15yrs) we were asked if we wanted to this at home, but declined - didn't want bad associations,. The vets were so good with him, and having a regular monthly appointment was great for a general chat and health check for both our dogs at the time - as it was a such a regular and ongoing thing, we were only ever charged for the jab, and not for the vet's time
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They gradually decreasing the strength of the jabs until a happy medium was found.

When he had outbreaks, he was on fuciderm gel i think and malasab (?) baths until it calmed down. We used to try and distract him from chewing and licking his paw when he was bad by playing with his favourite toy, until he forgot about the itch!

Can you get a referal to a skin specialist, request/demand one if necessary, and change vets if not! Where abouts are you? - would very happily recommend my old vets in Maidstone, Kent, if you are down this end of the country
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FW - I am sorry that I don't really know the history behind this or read all the replies but my friend's dog had awful skin problems and she put him on a gluten free diet which completely cured him. I am not suggesting for one minute that this might be a miracle cure for your dog but have you completely investigated what you are feeding him? I am sure you probably have and apologise if I am "teaching Grandma to suck eggs"!!!!

Another thought, and here we have had an awful problem with the spaniels in the locality getting horrible scabby heads and paws, all vets are at a loss but locally we are putting it down to the fact that the last two years they have been cutting the gorse and of course we all work our spaniels in the gorse quite a bit - just something else for thought. Although I don't know what breed of dog you have.
 
i was told about de-sensitisation when i was doing work experience, they have not suggested it, but might ask them if its a possibility...what do they actually do and how does it work?
NoTime, we think she may be allergic to grass, trees, pollen, that sort of thing!
she has so many problems:
her skin allergy
her paw problem which means she could end up with webbed paws if we aren't careful!
her seasons aren't normal and are apparently dangerous to her, we are getting her asap. but still.
and none of this we can do on the insurance!
Ravenwood- thats interesting about gluten free, what sort of things did he feed the dog? we have had her on normal puppy food when we first got her and have had her on 3 types of dry feed which is for skin conditions... tbh. we are happy to try anything!
thanks
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